The best Quotes by Thurgood Marshall

We deal here with the right of all of our children, whatever their race, to an equal start in life and to an equal opportunity to reach their full potential as citizens. Those children who have been denied that right in the past deserve better than to see fences thrown up to deny them that right in the future.

This is a great country, but fortunately for you, it is not perfect. There is much to be done to bring about complete equality. Remove hunger. Bring reality closer to theory and democratic principles.

Each of you, as an individual, must pick your own goals. Listen to others, but do not become a blind follower.

Character Objectives

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots.

Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.

Democracy Justice

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What do Marylanders call their ex-girlfriends?
Old Bay.

Maryland

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Maryland - and that's pretty much the same thing.

Maryland

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Character Decisions

Being different isn't a bad thing. It means you're brave enough to be yourself.

Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Character Self-Confidence

No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.

William Blake

Ambition Character Birds

We can be only who we are; no more, no less.

Terry Goodkind in Das Schwert der Wahrheit - Das erste Gesetz der Magie

Character

I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.

Albert Einstein

Ambition Character Self-Confidence

If you dream something, it might happen. If you never dream it, it will never happen.

Bruce Dickinson

Dreaming Objectives

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Confucius

Objectives Motivation

If you don't know where you want to go, then it doesn't matter which path you take.

Alice In Wonderland

Objectives

You need to realise that you must have something to aim for, something to drive you.

Rohit Sharma

Objectives

Once you achieve one goal, you should be looking forward to trying to build onto the next thing, and not just getting comfortable with what you're doing.

LL Cool J

Progress Objectives Motivation

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

V in V for Vendetta

Democracy Governments

The day we stop believing democracy can work is the day we lose it.

Jamillia in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Democracy

Democracy isn't just there. We have to work for it together - every day.

Angela Merkel - October 2021, during the 31st Day of German Unity

Democracy German Unity 2021

It's every citizen's duty to challenge their leaders, to keep them honest, and hold them accountable if they're not.

Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 3 Episode 6

Democracy

The right to work is a slogan which should be accepted by every democracy.

William Beaverbrook

Work Democracy

Justice comes from vengeance but justice only breeds more vengeance.

Pain / Nagato in Naruto

Revenge Justice

Do not seek revenge and call it justice.

Cassandra Clare in The Infernal Devices

Revenge Justice

Justice is a weapon. It can be used to cause harm, but it cannot protect or save others.

Osamu Dazai in Bungo Stray Dogs - Season 1 Episode 7

Justice

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.

John F. Kennedy - June 1963

Justice Air

We fight believing in our own justice. But if the enemy is doing the same thing, who's right?

Shisui Uchiha in Naruto

Justice Morality

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

Deadpool

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

The Epstein Files

There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

China Hackers

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